Glare-shield for automobiles.



S. A. RIDGE.

GLARE SHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED AuGA, 191e.

1,253,281'. Patented Jan.15,1918.

@Hot cq sfrocKWELL A. einen, or nLiumA, New YORK.

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To all whom t may concern:

Be it known thatI, S'rooKwnLn a citizen of the United'Statesresidin atElmira, in the county of Chemun and tate A of New York, have inventedcertain new and' useful lmprovements'in Glare-Shields for Automobiles,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in glareshields for automobiles.

Th'e primary object ofthe invention is the provision of a coloredtransparenter translucent eye-shield adjustably mounted upon anyconvenient portion of an automobile and readily shifted to a point insubstantially the direct line of vision of the driver whereby anybrightly illuminated body such as a headlight may be viewed withoutglaring the eyes.

. A further object of the device is to provide a shiftable glare shieldAoperatively arthroughout the several views ranged adjustably mountedadjacent the steering wheelof an automobile and adapted for movement inan arcuate path from4 a position beneath thewheel to one forwardly andabove the plane thereof whereby the 'driver may observe the headlightsof an oncoming automobile without being affected by the glare thereof.i'

A still further object of the device is a ready means for preventing theeyes of the driver of a vehicle from being dazzled and affected by anybright light positioned forwardly thereof.

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as thenature ofthe invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel combination and arrangementof 4parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and Apointed out in the claims.

.ln the drawings forming a part of `this application and in whichlikedesignating t characters refer to corresponding` lparts Figure 1 isa side elevatlon o f a steering wheel" and post provided with thepresent' device. j

Fig. 2 is a rearelevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view o f the same.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional View through the mechanism casingoftthe device, and, i

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upon a plane perpendiculartofthe plane of The device being Aprimarilydesigned for" l employment wit motor vehicles, the same `is hereinillustrated detachably mounted upon the inclined steering post sleeve 10proing wheel 11. j

The device broadly comprises a mechanism mount or casing4 .1,2 attachedto the sleeve 10 and having'a substantially semi- 1 circular shield 13of colored or translucent material such as Celluloid, colored mica orgroundv glass attached to the casing by means of the lazy-tongs 14.v Aclamp 15 is adjustably arranged upon the sleeve 10 havl lng one` or moreadjustable links 16 connecting the said clamp with a projecting lug 17carried by the cas`1ng12l and whereby the said casmg is mounted in avertical'or oblique plane slightly forwardly of the wheel 11, andslightly to the right thereof if desired. f i

Parallel axles 18 are transverselyjournaled through the casing 12provided with extensions 19 projecting forwardly of the said casing andhaving the terminal links 20 and 21 at one end of the lazy-tongs 14secured thereto.` Similar sprocket 'Wheels 22 are carried upon the axles18 provided with Aa connecting chain 23. An operating shaft 24 isjournaled through the lower end of thecasing 12 being provided with asprocket wheel 25 having a chain 26 'passing thereover and also over asimilar sprocket wheel 27 upon theadjacentlypositioned axle 18 arrangedthereab'ove. A turn handle of any desired form such as 28 is carriedupon the rearwardly projecting end of the shaft 24 and whereby the-shaftis rotated for turningy in a-corresponding desired dithe axles 18rectioIL vided with the usual form of revoluble steer-v l The terminallink ce at therme and 0f the lazy-tongs 14 has the aforementioned shield13 attached thereto, laterally projecting therefrom toward either oreach side of the vehicle. The casing12 is preferably angular in formbeing bent,L as at 30 intermediate its lerigth for arranging theoperating shaft 24 an handle 28 conveniently positioned'at one side ofthe steering post while the upper portion of the casing 12 is positionedvertically or obliquely more nearly directly for' y wise possible.

ing 12 may wardly of the wheel than would be other- The folded positionof the laxy-tongs 111 and normal inoperative position of the* shield 13is adjacent the upper portion of the casing beneath the plane of the uper rim of the wheel 11, it beingunderstoo that the Vclamp 15 may beadjusted to a position much lower upon the sleeve 10 than that hereinillustrated if found desirable, while the easreadily'be .adjusted to alower osition than that-now shown without shifting the clamp 15.` Thecasing in such cases may be arranged below the level of the upper end ofthe sleeve l0 allowing the shield 13' when projected to be positionedonly slightly above the plane of the wheel 1l.

Upon the approach'of a brilliant headlight, the driver of the 'vehiclemay grasp the handle 28 for revolving the shaft 24 and the axle 18whereby the lazy-tongsy 14 is opened' giving an arcuate outward andupward path of travel to the shield -13 as best illustrated in Fig. 2 ofthe drawing, the said What I claim as new is 1. A glare shieldeomprismgan angular casing having a portion substantially ver-y ticallypositioned, axles journaled in said: vertical portion of the casing,lazy-tongs having their links at one end secured to the said axles, anopaque shield securedV to the links at'the free end of the lazy-tongs,operative connections betweenv the said axles.,A and operating means forthe axles carried by the other portion of the ca'sin 2. A device of theclass escribed coinprising in combination with the steering wheel of avehicle, an angular casing adjustably mounted forwardly thereof, alazytongs carried by the upperportion of the said casing adapted forvertical arrangement forwardly of the wheel when in its projected openposition, an eye shield carried ing an arcuate path of movement duringthe opening and closing operation of the lazytongs, and operating meansfor the lazytongs positioned within the casing and operable from a pointbeneath the wheel.

3. A glare shield comprising-a mount, a lazy-tongs positionable insubstantial longitudinal alinement therewith, a transulcent shieldcarried by the Jfree end of the said lazy-tongs positioned substantiallyvertically oi' the said mount when the lazy-tongs is projected andhaving an arcuate path of 551 by the free end of the lazy-tongshavtravel laterally of the mount, and operating means for the saidlazy-tongs.

ln testimony whereof I alix my signature.

' STOCKWELL A. RIDGE.l

